Clinton Sugar Refining Company to Build Glucose Plant
Clinton plans a 1.1 million capital sugar refinery with a glucose plant on the Mississippi riverfront, occupying former C. Lamb & Sons lumber mill site. S. Rogers presides, H. K. Allen vice, S. K. Williams treasurer, with Chicago directors including Ralph Hoagland and FW. K. Dyche. Initial factory to employ about 200, daily capacity 7500 bushels of corn.
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Clinon
Clinton Sugar Refining Company
Sanity Recorder
Mississippi River
C. Lamb.& Sons
Clicaco ‘Capital
S. Rogers
the Concern
H. K. Allen
S. KK. Williams
Chicago
Ralph Hoagland
FW. K. Dyche
Warren Drake
W. Mitchell
R. J. Folese
C. J. Bick
H. Is
Cio
Clinton
Middle West
Marshadown
Man Seeks 2000 Damages Over Loss of Fingers
In district court, Nive sues for 2000 damages for lost fingers from a lithing machine wheel incident. Nickail testified to his musical gifts and fear that his crippled condition, and inability to perform, deprive his family of support and joy.
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Couns Buufrs
Nickail
Locomotive of Tabor & Northern Burned Out of Service
A fire burned the cab of the sole locomotive at Tabor & Northern while idle in the yards. The cause is unknown and damage disabled the engine. Train service will halt until repairs, with President McClelland of the line notified in Spearfish South Dakota.
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Tabor
Tabor & Northern Railway
McClelland
Line
Spearfish
S. D
New Man for Ames at Iowa Agricultural College
At a board meeting the position of assistant professor of animal husbandry was filled by Prof. J. A. McLean of the Colorado Agricultural College. McLean, a graduate of the Iowa Agricultural College, has led the animal husbandry department at Colorado and is noted for thorough training and strong teaching record.
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Ames
Board of Trusters
Iowa Agricultural College
3. A. McLean
Grorada Agricultural College
Meldan
Towa Agricultural College
Colorado Agricultural College
McLyan
Infant smothered in bed in Council Bluffs tragedy
In Council Bluffs, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood was found dead in bed with its face buried in a pillow. Wood, a railroad worker, is said to be employed at night. his wife rose early to prepare his breakfast. The baby was left in bed and was found stiff and cold about an hour later.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Wood
Wood
Suicide at City National Bank Linked to Insanity
Ira Iverson a well to do Clintan man committed suicide by hanging in the boiler room of the City National Bank where he worked as janitor. His body was not found for twelve hours after the act. A note left behind suggested he believed he was going insane.
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Ctanton
Ira Iverson
City National Bank
Iverson
Reverend Randall Elected President at LeMars College
At a four o’clock board meeting in LeMars Western Union College elected Rev M J Randall of Lisbon Iowa as president. Randall, Cornell College and University of Town law graduate, was chosen under the United Evangelical church framework with five conferences involved. G H Winder of Independence Iowa purchased a $24,000 fruit farm in Palhspine Tex and allocated here.
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Randall
Lemars
Western Union College
United Evangelical Church
M.J. Randall
Lisbon
Cornell College
Law Department
University of Town
Lowan
Bia
Palhspine
Tex
G. H. Winder
Independence
Dog Wrecks an Automobile Near Pringhar
Sheriff McLeod Attorney White and W J Anderson escaped serious harm when their auto struck a dog and left the road near Pringhar. White suffered the worst injuries with several cuts to the face. The car was a total wreck and the dog caused the accident.
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Ida Brhovh
Sheriff McLeod
White
W J. Anderson
Pringhar
Meleod
Ander
Aon
Iowa brief rush of accidents and events across towns
Iowa briefs detail multiple wrecks and injuries on trains near Maine and Neola, a fatal shooting in Grand River, and a man dying after an amputation following a train strike. Others note a Des Moines inspection at Mitchellville, medical rest for Bishop Morrison, a university degree record, a heroic rescue at Clear Lake, and crops suffering from drought.
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Iowa Manufacturers” “Association
Consell Bluffs
Des Moines
Mitchellville School
Maine
Alteen
Clara Hazard
Town City
Theodore Hazard
Board of Education
Orra
Atlantic
Low Bankers
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Packing House
James Tenks
Northwestern
West Side
Carroll
Grand River
George Overholtzer
Timerime
Theodore N. Morrison
Episcopal
Town
Chicago
Bentlvy
Neola
Chicago Great Western Railroad
South Omaha
Edward Barrow
Canton
S. D
Sit
Sioux City
C. M. Tibbett
Fred Barrow
Los Angeles
Iil
Dewitt
Edward Flynn
Mr Flynn 'Ad
Iowa University
Insl Seur
Martha Vitse
C. E. Mann
Clear Lake
Prat
EB. A. Phtehen
Des Moines Dispatch
Thrift
Pitts
Fort Riley
Department of War
Land Experiments With New Grass on Cattle Ranges
Nebraska congressmen push a petition from the Stock Growers Association urging action to repurpose unsuited public lands for Nebraskan cattlemen. Judge Norris advances Turkistan alfalfa trials in Furnas and Chase counties with state and federal agricultural officials guiding planting. Representative Haugen backs full, permanent meat inspection funding and contemplates taxation if funds fall short.
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Washington
Nebraska
Congress
Nebraska Stock Growers' Association
Raifing
Secretary of the Interior
Norris
Agricultural Department
Furnas
Chase
Furnas County
C. M. Liewelyn
Beaver City
Kilpatrick Brothers
Chase County
Governor Pattison Dead in Milford Home
Ohio Governor John M. Pattison died of Bright's disease at his Milford residence near Cincinnati. His body will rest after Thursday services at the Methodist church following a five month hospitalization since his inauguration.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
John M. Pattison
Bright
Milford
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Cannon
Capitol
Death of Sysonby Ends a Storied Racing Era
New York report states James R. Keene’s famed 4-year-old colt Sysonby died Sunday at Sheepshead Bay race tracks from blood poisoning. Once the odds on favorite in major stakes, including Brooklyn Suburban and Brighton Beach, the horse had long suffered a skin disease forcing withdrawal from big events. The death occurred suddenly as the owner stood nearby.
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New York
James R. Keene
Sysonby
Sheelshead Bay
Brooklyn
Brighton
Roil
Roosevelt Opposes House Meat Inspection Substitution
President Roosevelt criticized the House agriculture committee substitute for Beveridge's meat inspection amendment, calling it inadequate. He conveyed his position to Representative Wadsworth and drafted a formal letter of objection, though not released publicly. The House committee will proceed, citing broad national health and business interests driving careful review.
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Haugen
House Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Committee On Agriculture
Beveridge
Roosevelt
House
Wadsworth
New York
Union Pacific Slashes Local Passenger Fares
Union Pacific reveals major fare cut effective July 1 for local passenger trips between all mail line points in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The 2 cent per mile rate marks a 25 percent reduction from the current tariff, highlighting Harriman line efficiency in an emergency scenario.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Harriman
Harriman Lines
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Speaker Gannon Predicts July 1 Adjournment
Washington report notes Speaker Gannon met with President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss legislative matters. He said he expects Congress will adjourn and close up business in Washington byJuly 1.
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Washington
Gannon
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Railroad rate bill debate trims provisions on salaries
Altering rate bill language eliminated increases for the secretary and assistant secretary of the interstate commerce commission and delayed its effective date to sixty days after passage. The discussion then shifted to the lateral line and anti pass amendments, neither of which were resolved.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma Wild With Joy Over Statehood Hope
Guthrie Oklahoma erupted in celebration as bells and steam whistles roared for an hour after news that the senate accepted the conference report on the statehood bill. Fireworks and gunfire marked the public demonstration and parties prepared county tickets with primaries and conventions. If the president signs with a holdover clause, no elections will occur this fall.
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Guthrie
O. T
Senate
Oklahoma
Senate inquiry on Panama Railroad control and stock
Senator Morgan introduced a resolution directing the senate committee on interoceanic canals to inquire whether control of the Panama Railroad should be with the New York company or transferred to the Isthmian Canal Commission. The inquiry covers directors' tenure and the United States right to stock in the new Panama Canal Company.
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Panama Railroad
Washington
Morgan
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama Railroad Company
New York Company
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
New Panama Canal Company
Militia Bill Passed in Senate Amid Support by Pollard Kennedy
Washington action moves militia bill through a Senate vote largely due to congressmen Pollard and Kennedy. The measure carries a funding level of $1,009,000, signaling approved legislative progress on militia affairs.
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Washington
Pollard
Kennedy
Senate
Political strike looms as government fears upheaval
In St Petersburg and Moscow a general political strike appears imminent as the government resists Parliament demands. Proletariat leaders seek to seize power if the government falls, while agrarian troubles and army disorders widen. Clergymen urge restraint amid widespread unrest.
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ST. Petersburg
Pittahte
Warsaw
St Petersburg
Moscow
Tnsipid Les
Committee of the
Committee of Work Men
Death of Chess Master Harry N Pillsbury
Philadelphia reports the death of Harry Nelson Pillsbury a chess master from apoplexy after a prolonged illness. Born December 6 1872 in Somerville Massachusetts his body will be taken there for funeral services. Pillsbury learned chess at sixteen at the Deschapelles club in Boston and scored a notable 5 4 victory over John F Barr ry of Boston in 1891. He won the 1893 New York City tournament with seven points from nine.
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Harry N. Pillsbury
Philadelphia
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Pillsbury
Somerville
Mass
Deschapelles
Boston
John F. Barrry
New York City
Memorial for Carl Schurz by New York committee
A New York committee of 100 citizens completed a plan to memorialize the late Carl Schurz, aiming to establish an appropriate motion in his honor.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Dinner honoring Miss Ellen Terry at Hotel Cecil
A London dinner at the Hotel Cecil celebrated Miss Ellen Terry with 200 guests from the theater world. Winston Churchill delivered a brilliant eulogy praising her genius and lamenting the lack of a national theatre in Great Britain.
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Ellen Terry
London
Cecil
Winston Churchill
JAP MONOPOLY IN MANCHURIA AND PEKING
Widespread opposition grows among American and European merchants banks and shipping firms to Japanese administration in Manchuria. Occupation under the Portsmouth treaty continues until next April, hindering foreign commerce as Japanese merchants gain advantages. Chinese customs duties apply at Port Arthur while Dalny and Antung import without duty.
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Peking
Manchuua
Portsmouth
Manchuria
Port Newhans
Dalny
Antung
Train Derailment Kills and Injures Hundreds in Vyladivostok
A passenger train derailed at Trogranitschnaia station on the Chinese Eastern railway killing one hundred people or injuring many. The incident prompted emergency response and investigations into causes. Local authorities organized relief and transport displacement for survivors.
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Vyladivostok
Trogranitschnaia Station
Governor orders action to prevent anti Jewish massacres
In Russia the governor has issued a strict mandate to the prefect to use all available power to stop anti Jewish massacres and protect civilians amid rising sectarian violence.
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Kaliuga
Russia
Meat Bill Advances Meat Inspection Legislation
Washington lawmakers completed a meat inspection provision to be presented to the house. The measure shifts inspection costs to the government with an annual appropriation of 2,006,000 and requires post mortem and ante mortem checks on animals for interstate meat products. It mandates a purity certificate for foreign shipments, sanitary standards, and penalties for violations.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Representative introduces timber law amendment
Washington lawmaker asks to broaden timber use from public lands by exempting Long Pine hills in Montana and granting residents of South Dakota and Montana equal rights to harvest timber, expanding existing restrictions.
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Washington
Martin
Montana
South Dakota
Long Pine Hills
No Yellow Fever in Cubs Quarantine Surprise Cuba
Havana reports quarantine regulations against Cuba surprised Cubans. Only two yellow fever cases on the island since January, one in May in Mantanzas province and one in June in Havana.
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Havana
New York
Cuba
Mantanzas
Cholera Toll in Philippine Islands Rises
Washington reports an official summary of the cholera epidemic in the Philippine Islands from last August to April 21 shows 4,098 cases and 3,114 deaths. The figures reflect the ongoing crisis in the colony amid the broader Asian outbreak and public health responses.
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Washington
Burlington Line Found Guilty On Four Counts In Rebates Case
Kansas City jury convicts the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway on four counts for granting concessions on packing house shipments bound for Armour Swift Cudahy and Nelson Morris. Fine range set at 12 000 to 20 000 per count. Judge Smith McPherson defers sentencing until June 22.
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Burlington Line
Kansas City
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
United States District Court
Armour Packing Company
Swift and Company
Cudahy & Co
Nelson Morris Packing Company
Smith McPherson
Weight Clause Advised By Chicago Canners Group
CHICAGO Western canned goods association held a special meeting to adopt a memorial for Congress to amend the weight clause in the Pure Food law. The canners claim the current weights cause inconvenience and extra costs, urging relief from lawmakers to better protect packers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Canned Goods’ Association
Congress
Bryan and Mrs. Ursean Visit St Petersburg Page
William J. Bryan and Mrs. Ursean arrived here from Werlin and will stay until Friday. They plan to depart for Stockholm and Christiania en route to London where Mr. Bryan will speak on the coronation day and is expected in New York on August 29.
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Iowa
Ames College
Iowa Briefs
Cascade
Missina Lofton
Newton
Kate Delancey
McArthur
Urder Adviyement
Congressman Hangen
Jaws
Pattison
Military Academy
District of Columbia
Wild
Ste Knece
Philippines
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